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IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE REIN SNAPS.

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Beit knownthat I, WILLMM B; IIAYDEN, of Columbus, Franklin county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Rein Snap and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description` thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, n which- Figure 1 is a side view of the rein snap.

Figure 2 is a top View of the same.

Figure 3 is a cross-section through red line :v a: in iig. 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the rein snap of Afig. 1.

Figure 5 is a modificationfot` thc rein .snap of fig. 1.

Figures (i and 7 represent perspective views of two metallic guards, such as are applied to the snaps of figs. 1 and 5. i

This invention is .designed to improvev the strength and utility of rein snaps, which areformed of Wire bent into shape, by applying to the shanks of such snaps a metallic guard so formed'as to. constitute a lateral i stay for the spring-tongue, and also a means for confining'the two wires forming the .shank securely together, as will be hereinafter described.

I To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation. In the accompanying drawings, A represents a rein snap which is made of one piece of wire bent so as to form the eye a,.the shank b, and the hook c, the point of which latter is where the two-'ends of the wire are' brought together and welded. -The spring-tongue d, which is used for closingv the hook, is firmly secured at one end by a piece of metal, e, which passes around the shank b, and is firmly pressed by suitable machinery or tools.

M y invention consists in applying to a rein snap, which is constructed as above explained, a metallic guard `or shield, B, which may be made of sheet metal, of such form asivill embrace the shank, b, et' the snap, and

extend therefrom alongside of the spring-tongue d, `and thus serve as a means for supporting this tongue against lateral strain and displacement. In iigs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, the guard B is represented with its side supports connected together, so as to afford an additional support to the tongue el; but in figs. 5 and 'i' this connection is omitted. The guard B is secured firmly to the shank b, by means of a suitable tool which will compress it snugly about the round wire, and thus increase the strength of the shank of snap at the same time. The guard B, shown in iigs. 5 and 7, is made somewhat longer than that of-fig. 1, so as to have it secured in place, in the act oi' applying the ring e to the shank, by means of this ring.

I am aware that it is not new to form guards upon malleable or other cast-metalrein snaps, and therefore I do not lay claim broadly to a guard or shield for supporting a spring-tongue of a snap, but shall confine my invention to a rein snap which is made of-wire orwrought metal bent into proper shape. I have herein described `and shown two modes of applying guards to the rein snap, and also two forms of guard; but Ipret'er to employ that form which is shown in figs. 1 and 6, as it "covers the spring and strengthens it against an outward strain.

Having described my invention, Iwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent, is

The application `of a guard or shield, B, to a rein snap which is made ot' wire, substantially in the manner und for the purposes described.

Y WM. B. HAYSDEN.

Witnesses J. H. Jamin, J. Ilo'rn. 

